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Congressional Democrats and ethics groups say Jared Kushner's investment firm, Affinity Partners, conflicts with his role in Middle East negotiations. Kushner, his lawyers and the White House dispute that. CNN found no indication his diplomacy directly affected the investments it reviewed.
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Clear filters and searchJared Kushner is an American businessman and investor. He founded the Florida-based private equity firm Affinity Partners in 2021, previously ran his family's real estate company Kushner Companies, and served as a senior adviser to President Donald Trump during Trump's first term, when he worked on Middle East policy including the Abraham Accords. Since 2025 he has taken part in U.S. diplomatic talks on Gaza, Iran and Ukraine.
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Chad Mizelle is an American lawyer. He served as chief of staff and acting general counsel at the Department of Homeland Security, worked as chief legal officer of Affinity Partners, and then served as chief of staff and acting associate attorney general at the U.S. Department of Justice in 2025. He has acted as a lawyer for Jared Kushner.
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Donald K. Sherman is president and chief executive officer of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), a government-ethics watchdog group. A lawyer who joined CREW in 2018, he previously held oversight and policy roles in the House, the Senate and the White House Domestic Policy Council and at the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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Jeff Hauser is the founder and executive director of the Revolving Door Project, a Washington, D.C. watchdog group that monitors the executive branch and the officials who move between government and private industry. His areas of focus include executive branch appointments, government ethics and corporate political influence.
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Jamie Raskin is a Democratic United States representative from Maryland and a constitutional-law scholar. He serves on the House Judiciary Committee and previously taught constitutional law.
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Elizabeth Warren is a Democratic U.S. senator representing Massachusetts, serving in the Senate since 2013. Before entering the Senate, she was a law professor and helped establish the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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United States representative for California's 42nd Congressional District and ranking member of the House Oversight Committee.
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Ron Wyden is a Democratic United States senator representing Oregon.
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American political spokesperson who served as White House press secretary from January 2025 to August 2026 and was the Republican nominee for New Hampshire’s 1st Congressional District in 2022.
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